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Glastonbury ticket sale under way
By 
1stAngel | April 6, 2008
Thousands of Glastonbury Festival fans are jamming phone lines and its website after tickets went on sale earlier.
This year’s event, which is being headlined by US rapper Jay-Z, takes place on organiser Michael Eavis’s farm at Pilton, Somerset, from 27-29 June.
Fans had to register their interest in advance of tickets going on sale, with demand slightly down on last year.
Mr Eavis said the drop in numbers was down to not having “the super, big headlining act” this year.
“We’ve gone for something middle range although Jay-Z is huge in America,” he told BBC Radio 1’s Newsbeat last month.
“It’s going to be absolutely brilliant. But it’s not like a Radiohead or a Muse or a Coldplay or an Oasis is it? So we didn’t expect the demand to be quite as high.”
Tickets went on sale at 0900 BST on Sunday morning.
Glastonbury spokesman John Shearlaw said the sale was “proceeding slowly but fairly”.
“We have a total of 137,500 tickets on sale and there have been no problems reported back to us so far,” he added.
“We have worked on the sales system extensively since last year and everyone has a fair chance.”
He advised festival-goers to “be patient, keep trying and we will let you know when there aren’t any tickets left”.
Confirmed headliners also include Kings of Leon and The Verve, while Hot Chip and The Futureheads are also confirmed as playing.
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